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[atroop711]

I'm just venting:

I wish that parents would leave their kids home when they're sick and not send them to school. I don't buy their excuse about it being good
for the other children because it builds their immune systems. THAT'S an excuse for being selfish...selfish toward other children in the class (including the teacher) and selfish toward their own child (who with fever really wants to be in bed resting that's why they're crying). What these parents don't realize is that some children that they are exposing their child to will get very sick from their child. My own daughter has had pneumonia 3 times since April because of sick kids being sent to school. Unfortunately this is how her body reacts when she's exposed.

So sick of the excuses..don't bring your child to school with a fever, hacking-productive cough. Follow the rules of the school.

Sorry for the vent but had to get it out.

MIND YOU...I'm not talking about a simple cold with sniffles, I mean really sick with fever, ect

 

[April20]

I wish anyone would stay home when they're sick. Whether it's a sick child at school, employee at work, whatever- you're exposing people! It's not fair to take the chance or getting anyone sick. Add to that, you never know who might have a compromised immune system. A friend of mine does and being exposed to these kind of things will get her sick 100% of the time and sometimes it's quite serious.

 

[atroop711]

I wish anyone would stay home when they're sick. Whether it's a sick child at school, employee at work, whatever- you're exposing people! It's not fair to take the chance or getting anyone sick. Add to that, you never know who might have a compromised immune system. A friend of mine does and being exposed to these kind of things will get her sick 100% of the time and sometimes it's quite serious.

yes I agree. My mom is a heart patient and the smallest cold could turn into a life threatening issue in her.

 

[makemepretty]

I've always believed a day of rest would benefit a sick kid, they get over their colds faster this way. Too many people choose their paycheck over doing what's right. I know people who give their kid motrin so that they don't have a fever when they get to school or daycare. If your kid is running ANY fever, they need to be home. I also don't like when people ask me to watch their kid if it's sick, I say no. A sick kid should be AT HOME.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

It'd drive me nuts when volunteering in class and a kid next to me would be hacking away. I think a lot of parents cannot afford to miss work (or have employers who expect employees to be there regardless of situation) so they send their kids to school even if they're wiping their noses on their sleeves. It's just gross! blech.

 

[vespergirl]

Atroop, I totally agree.

 

[zoebartlett]

I hear ya Atroop! Schools are full of germs (well, really, all places are). It's no fun when kids come to school really sick but I'll admit that I've gone to school when I was under the weather. Sometimes it's more work to be out. If I was contagious, yes, of course I'd call in. At least I make sure to stay on top of keeping things sanitized as much as possible.

I love it when parents send their kids to school and they (the kids) make comments like they had a fever that morning or they were throwing up the night before. THAT drives me crazy. There's a reason why kids have to be kept out of school for 24 hours in cases like that. Please follow that rule.

 

[dragonfly411]

Here's where I have a problem with this thought:

1) The child may or may not be contagious and you as another person have no way of determining such without asking the child first. If they have been on antibiotics for a certain length of time then they will no longer be contagious. OR it could be allergy based (which is a lot of what is going on right now).

2) Students get penalized for missing school, even when they have a sick note. This is especially true in middle and high school and I can remember many a time when I was not allowed to make up a test or homework even with a doctor's note.

3) In the case of younger children, not all parents are able to take off work to be home with their sick child. In that case what are they to* do?


I feel like maybe a studen who is ill, and deemed contagious, and who cannot go home should be allowed to spend the day in the nurse's office. It used to be that they could, and the nurse kept them hydrated, fed, and checked temperature regularly. At least that's what my school did when I was in elementary school.

 

[EricaR]

I'm also someone that picks up every single little bug that passes through, and unfortunately for me they always go right to my chest and cause my asthma to flare up.

I get frustrated when my co-workers show up to work sick, but where we work has a TERRIBLE sick policy and they highly highly discourage taking sick time. Even if you have the time off saved up, taking any more than four days off in a 12 month period will result in being written up.

This means that not only do they show up to work sick, they also send their kids to school sick because they can't stay home with them. It is an awful situation all around. Lucky for me, my boss works on the other side on the country and she doesn't care if I work from home when I'm ill. I've had pneumonia twice this year and four major asthma attacks, all thanks to picking something up from work.

 

[JewelFreak]

Dragonfly & Erica have a point, though I sure agree about schools. At Tiffany I got a terrible case of flu at Christmastime, the LAST time you want to be out because you make half your yearly commissions then. More than 3 sick days in a row required special permission! So I came in the morning of the 4th day, feverish, coughing, sneezing, ears stopped up, practically dizzy. At noon my manager sent me home. The store director STILL wrote me up for leaving in the middle of the day without prior written permission!

That was the last silly straw of many many -- I tore up the evaluation sheet, put it on the desk in front of her & walked out for good.

--- Laurie

 

[Maisie]

I totally agree with you Atroop. My youngest son James catches everything. But when he gets sick he really gets sick and ends up with a lot of time away from school. I also think children should be kept at home for their own comfort. I can't imagine going to school all day with a tummy bug or the flu.

 

[lliang_chi]

I agree 100%. And also about adults going to work sick. I always stay home if I have a fever, sniffles from allergies I'll still go. Fever? No way! I get so annoyed when DH goes to work sick.

 

[atroop711]

UPDATE:

Well I made this post out of frustration because my son got sick from a girl in class who was brought in obviously sick. I overheard her mother (we stay in the class with the kids) say how her daughter had been sick but only had a low fever that morning . Her child was miserable, coughing and looked really out of it.

My son started off with a runny nose a slight cough on Friday..but Saturday evening it was getting worse. I had to rush my son to the ER yesterday morning at 6am because he could barely breathe. His breathing was very labored and (as I'm an asthmatic) it scared the heck out of me. Turns out he has "Croup". After steroids and 2 nebulizer treatments he was breathing so much better but sent home with an asthma pump in case his chest gets tight again.

I know kids will get sick BUT this child who was sick should have been left home.

 

[atroop711]

Here's where I have a problem with this thought:

1) The child may or may not be contagious and you as another person have no way of determining such without asking the child first. If they have been on antibiotics for a certain length of time then they will no longer be contagious. OR it could be allergy based (which is a lot of what is going on right now).

2) Students get penalized for missing school, even when they have a sick note. This is especially true in middle and high school and I can remember many a time when I was not allowed to make up a test or homework even with a doctor's note.

3) In the case of younger children, not all parents are able to take off work to be home with their sick child. In that case what are they to* do?


I feel like maybe a studen who is ill, and deemed contagious, and who cannot go home should be allowed to spend the day in the nurse's office. It used to be that they could, and the nurse kept them hydrated, fed, and checked temperature regularly. At least that's what my school did when I was in elementary school.

Dragonfly I understand what you're saying but in this case (the vent was from my experience in class last Wed), the mom is a stay at home mom, the child had fever (her mom said this) and she wasn't on any meds at all. Her mom stated how she only had a little fever that morning and went on to say she brought her in because she had cabin fever being from home for a few days. That mom was totally wrong and selfish not only to her daughter who looked really out of it but to the others in my son's class.

 

[zoebartlett]

Yeah, if this little girl had a fever, her mom should have known better than to bring her to school. I hope your son feels better soon, Atroop!

 

[Tuckins1]

I completely agree.

 

[diamondringlover]

I totally agree, my son catches everything, he also has asthma so I have to really watch him when he gets sick, he missed a total of 19 days of school last year from being sick, its hard for him to catch up with being out so much, but I refuse to send him to school sick.

 

[swimmer]

You go Laurie!

Hugs Atroop, what an ordeal for your babes.

Last year when I was 8 months pregnant an 18yr old student came into my windowless and circulation free classroom wheezing and looking generally like death. I screeched "OUT! go home or to the library, but get out!" He cracked open his crusty eyes and said "huh?" I replied "do you want to kill my baby and get everyone in here sick?" he thought about it for a second and went home. A few days later he returned to school and apologized for coming in so sick. This really surprised me, teenagers are self-centered by their very nature, he admitted that he hadn't thought about getting others ill. Oh, this was no honors student, he barely passed the class with me and several others from lack of effort. I totally overreacted, but hopefully he learned a life lesson.